''The Calling'' is the third studio album by

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group

Hilltop Hoods Hilltop Hoods is an Australian hip hop group that formed in 1996 in Blackwood, Adelaide, South Australia. They are regarded as pioneers of the "larrikin-like" style of Australian hip hop. The group was founded by Suffa (Matthew David Lambert) a ...

and was released on 22 September 2003 through

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. The success of the album was significant in the Australian hip hop scene because it demonstrated popular recognition for a genre previously supported by a comparatively small, "underground" fan base. Three singles were released as single and two placed in the

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chart: "

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" was voted into ninth place, while " Dumb Enough" was voted into position 44.

Reception

In an interview after the release of their fourth album, Suffa revealed that ''The Calling'' was recorded on his mother's computer and the simplicity of their 'studio' is the reason why some of the music on the album is in

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('mono') sound. On 26 July 2006, Obese Records announced that the album became the first Australian hip hop release to achieve a

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certification. The album originally peaked at number 53 on the

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in 2004 before re-entering the chart at number 50 in March 2012, following the release of the sixth Hilltop Hoods album, ''

Drinking From the Sun ''Drinking from the Sun'' is the sixth studio album by Australian hip hop group the Hilltop Hoods. The album was released on 9 March 2012. The album's first single, " I Love It", was released on 25 November 2011, and features vocals from fellow ...

''.

DVD

''The Calling Live'' DVD is available on the Hoods website and includes: Live footage, Film clips, Remixes, Interviews, Outtakes and Photo Gallery.

Track listing

Notes *The CD hidden track is playable if the album is rewound while playing Track 1 *The vinyl edition released on Obese Records in 2003 has a different tracklist to other editions. It features an exclusive track "All on Me" at track 13 and excludes the final track "The Sentinel". It also moves "The Certificate" to track 17.

Charts

Weekly charts

Certifications

References

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